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It is with deep sadness to inform our readers that one of the most amazing, courageous and wonderful, activists, Sandie Blanton, passed away suddenly on the 11th December 2013.
Many of our supporters here at Prisoners Families Voices truly admired Sandies work and to say she will be sadly missed is an understatement.
I remember messaging Sandie about writing to someone on Texas death row because I hadn't got a clue what was what. Nothing was too much trouble for Sandie and she guided me through the do's, don'ts, if's, buts, and you name it. I followed Sandie's work and wondered how on earth she managed to do what she did, but she was a real trooper with a solid mind and remarkable spirit. I'm not normally the religious type, but God most definitely made the right decision when he blessed Sandie with the special motivation and gift to support prisoners on death row and boy she didn't let him down either. What we must remember is that all God's Angels co…

Letters, they’re just words on a piece of paper, an expression of feelings, answers to questions or an explanation of things going on in life.
What can be expressed or told can easily be done so via a phone call, after all, we are modern people in a modern world with modern means of conversing, so why waste time writing a letter?
Think of a photograph, one that reminds you of something dear to your heart, a moment saved in time that puts a smile on your face every time you look at it. What about that conversation you had last month that that really made a difference to your day when you were feeling low? You know, the one you had with such a body about such a thing...what did they say again?
The beauty of a letter is that those emotions and inspirational words of thoughtfulness are frozen in time, allowing people who have all the time in the world to read time and time again, revisiting the uplifting moment they experienced the first time they read it.
If I were serving a sentenc…